Chapter 299: Huge Turn of Events
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Things were happening too quickly and getting worse by the second. A roar resonated throughout the temple as though the ancient structure was about to crumble at any moment. The air was filled with an energy field of ever increasing strength. As soon as Hao Ren summoned his own protective shield, a layer of sparkling light quickly covered the shield's surface. The situation was worse than radiation—it was in fact a meltdown.
Nangong Wuyue was the only one who could build a protected area large enough for everyone. For the time being, she used her magical powers to summon her Mist Shroud Barrier to hold back the harmful energy outside. Hao Ren finally witnessed with his own eyes how fast a snake could move—the siren was slithering forward with her tail on the ground as fast as Vivian's speed whenever she was flying. Just that, it looked a little too horrible though...
With the protection of the Mist Shroud Barrier, everyone scurried towards the exit. Hao Ren could not help but look back at the sculpture at the end of the gallery. It began to disintegrate and then, it turned into a tornado of white powder. As the glimmer disappeared in the air, the face of the sculpture started to become blurry. Somehow, Hao Ren noticed a cold smile on the disintegrating face, but it disappeared quickly, like an illusion. The real Vivian was just standing beside him; she grabbed him, pulled his sleeve and said, "Stop looking at it and keep running! You can stare at me all you want when we get home."
Hao Ren was dragged out from the gallery. But before that, he had a last glimpse of the thing; the sculpture had disintegrated almost completely, revealing a human-like figure glowing in the light. It looked unrealistic like a flimsy hologram.
As the hologram disappeared, the sculpture completely crumbled.
Everyone rushed through the corridor, across the outer gallery and came to the exit of the temple; everything was falling as they ran. The roaring sound was accompanied by the crumbling of the temple, which sounded really scary to the ears. The ancient stone structure had finally come to its belated demise. Whatever secrets that were hidden in there, Hao Ren would never be able to decipher them anymore with the collapse of the temple . The strength of the strange energy was increasing and becoming the biggest threat to them at that moment—more dangerous than the crumbling walls and roofs. Hao Ren could even see flashes of lightning in the air around him. If they ran even a tad slower, they would be toasted before being buried under the piles of rubble.
Y'zaks was engulfed in flames—it was his Fire Shield. He was one size up and his clothes were like an under-sized demonic armour. The three-metre-tall, flaming giant was running in front of the pack, still unafraid of the energy field. Like a drilling machine, he used his shield and moved forward against the energy storm as the rest of them followed him from behind. They then came to the exit after going through several walls.
The towering temple door was finally in sight, but once they got through the door, what they saw was even more stunning.
There was lightning everywhere in the other dimension. The once slow-moving energy was now clashing with the clouds beneath. The violent energy was running amok and the situation outside was just as bad as, or even worse than the one inside the temple.
It was like the other dimension was in charging mode.
Looking at the sparks between the heavens and the earth, Hao Ren immediately found that he was pretty much sitting in a microwave. "What the heck is going on here?"
"We need to leave immediately." Hessiana spread her wings. "Go to the dimensional door!"
She did not bother about the broken path anymore because with one flap of her wings, she was already on the cloud trail. Suddenly, Hao Ren became anxious looking at the rest of his team; most who could not fly would be able to manoeuvre across the broken stone trail against the energy storm, but not Becky and Nangong Wuyue.
Becky in her human body could no longer withstand the strong radiation, she had to stay under Nangong Wuyue's protective barrier. But the problem was, Nangong Wuyue could not possibly jump across the broken trail and carry Becky along at the same time.
"What if I curled myself up with Becky in the shape of a ball and have Y'zaks throw us over to the other side?" said Nangong Wuyue hurriedly. "The rest will be able to cross by themselves. I'll open up the aqua shield once we've crossed."
Becky took a peek at the sea of clouds beneath them, freaking out. "What if we miss the landing site?"
Brain dead is as brain dead does. You could not possibly explain why she thought what she thought.
Hao Ren suddenly realised that he had his MDT and its teleportation function. He took the PDA and threw it over to the other side. "Bring us over!"
The MDT hung around there for a moment before flying back. "Negative! Teleportation will cause extreme dizziness. Nangong Wuyue will not be able to keep her protective barrier under such circumstances. Becky won't survive the energy storm even for two seconds!"
Being an attacking mage swordswoman had its downside. Becky now regretted she not learning some defensive skills.
It was hard for Hessiana to stay in the energy storm any longer without being toasted. Seeing that, Nangong Wuyue curled Becky up into a snake ball and called out to Y'zaks, "Do it! Now!"
Without saying word, Y'zaks grabbed the ball and threw it to the other side. Presto! It landed where Y'zaks had intended it to without mowing down Hessiana.
Without the Mist Shroud Barrier, Lily could see her tail puffing up. She scurried over to the other side like her tail was on fire while Hao Ren and Y'zaks followed her closely behind. They all escaped from the temple and hustled on the cloud trail back to the hill.
But what they were about to see left them astonished:
The light film connecting to the Surface World was gone.
Hessiana jumped, her voice shivering in fear. "The dimensional door is closed!"
"Something happened on the other side." Zeon quickly thought of a likely situation. "Someone wants to keep us in here!"
"Who would want to do that?" Hao Ren stared at the two vampires. Both vampires said in unison, "Too many of them."
The dimensional door was closed and the other dimension was ravaged with a violent energy storm, which was worsening with time. Nangong Wuyue's face looked terrible and the scales on her tail were quickly losing their lustre. The Mist Shroud Barrier had shrunken so much that Hao Ren and Y'zaks were no longer within its protection. Not even professional support could hold on any longer.
The energy storm had reached a lethal level. Hao Ren and Y'zaks aside, not even Hessiana could withstand it—even for a few more seconds. In fact, Nangong Wuyue's Mist Shroud Barrier was a defensive skill she inherited from her forefathers, without which she would not have survived till this moment.
Perhaps Vivian could hold on longer with her own strength, but the energy storm showed no signs of slowing down. Instead, it was increasing in intensity.
Lily pulled Vivian by her sleeve and yelled, "It's all your fault! You told the story about Cerberus being cooked by the demon hunters! Now, I'm being cooked!"
"Wait a second, I have an idea." Hao Ren took out the MDT and glanced at Zeon as well as Hessiana with a very strange expression. "Actually, I was doing some recording just now..."
The MDT emitted a faint, blue glow. Space under the glow began to warp and a layer of light film appeared as if by force.
Hessiana looked at Hao Ren, widemouthed. "You made an excuse so that you could watch the altar..."
Feeling embarrassed, Hao Ren turned his face away. "It's nothing malicious. I was just saving it for when we need it the most..."
"Let's not talk about that now." Zeon waved with his hand. He glanced at Vivian and Hao Ren, understanding the message. Then, he walked up to the light film and crossed it to the other side.
They finally escaped from the hellish dimension and got back to the Parthenon.
However, it was also a mess there. Dead bodies of Blood Clan members were everywhere.
Hessiana and Zeon's faces were grim: the fallen ones were all their trusted men!
"Mistress..." a weak voice came from a close distance. It was the male vampire whom Hessiana sent to the Lucas Family the other day. He leaned his hand against a pillar and pointed to the altar that was used for the entry ceremony. "Bethanos snatched the key..."